TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobson,Brian
TI  - Studios Before the System: Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic Space
T2  - Film and Culture Series
SN  - 9780231539661
AV  - PN1993.5.U6 J225 2015 
U1  - 791.430973 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Motion picture studios - United States - History - 20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Studios and Systems -- 1. Black Boxes and Open-Air Stages: Film Studio Technology and Environmental Control from the Laboratory to the Rooftop -- 2. Georges Méliès's "Glass House": Cineplasticity for a Human-Built World -- 3. Dark Studios and Daylight Factories: Building Cinema in New York City -- 4. Studio Factories and Studio Cities: Paris's Cités du Cinéma and the Inconsistency of Modernity -- 5. The Studio Beyond the Studio: Nature, Technology, and Location in Southern California -- Conclusion: More Than "Dream Factories" -- Notes -- Films Cited -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - The first book to retell the history of film studio architecture, Studios Before the System expands the social and cultural footprint of cinema's virtual worlds and their contribution to wider developments
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2127359
ER  -